:00:00. > :00:00.to be totally transparent in the House when that report comes out and
:00:00. > :00:10.to answer the questions on the subject in any lady has desires.
:00:11. > :00:13.Business questions, Chris Bryant. Could the leader of the house give
:00:14. > :00:18.us the business for next week and before he does so, if he could
:00:19. > :00:23.straighten his tie? ! The leader of the house, Chris
:00:24. > :00:27.Grayling. The business for next week. On
:00:28. > :00:32.Monday the 7th of December there will be the remaining stages of the
:00:33. > :00:36.cities and devolution bill. On Tuesday the 8th of December we will
:00:37. > :00:39.consider the Lords animals to the European Union Referendum Bill
:00:40. > :00:44.followed by a debate and emotion on the cross-border cooperation is to
:00:45. > :00:50.tackle serious and I is. Wednesday the 9th of October will be an
:00:51. > :00:55.Opposition Day with a debate on mental health and debate on the
:00:56. > :01:00.statements regarding women. On Thursday the 10th of December there
:01:01. > :01:02.will be a debate on the motion of the Transatlantic Trade and
:01:03. > :01:05.Investment Partnership followed by a general debate on International
:01:06. > :01:08.human rights Day, the subject of these debates determined by the
:01:09. > :01:13.Backbench Business Committee. On Friday the 11th of December the
:01:14. > :01:16.holes is not sitting. On Monday the 14th of December, the provisional
:01:17. > :01:21.business for that week, the 14th of December we will consider the
:01:22. > :01:26.committee at the reigning stages of the European approvals bill,
:01:27. > :01:30.followed by a motion to improve European documents related to
:01:31. > :01:34.migration, followed if necessary, Mr Speaker, by the consideration of the
:01:35. > :01:40.Lords amendments. I should inform the House, Mr Speaker, that the
:01:41. > :01:42.business for Thursday the 15th of December will be looking at the
:01:43. > :01:48.protection of ancient woodland trees.
:01:49. > :01:57.The Mr Speaker, you sat in that chair yesterday from 11:30am until
:01:58. > :02:02.10:54pm, as I am sure you are aware! By my accounting, that is 11 hours
:02:03. > :02:07.and 24 minutes or 684 minutes without a break, which is quite a
:02:08. > :02:15.test of injuries and some of us are wondering what like Davos in Doctor
:02:16. > :02:17.Who, you have had some secret for creation and feeding system fitted
:02:18. > :02:23.into the chair, Hiddink tubes or something like that! Or perhaps it
:02:24. > :02:31.is down to drugs, I wonder? ! Know that the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer
:02:32. > :02:34.and its colleague company have come together, perhaps they have invented
:02:35. > :02:38.a new drug that you have been imprimatur -- impregnated with which
:02:39. > :02:46.means you can keep a stiff upper lip all-day! Mr Speaker, many people
:02:47. > :02:51.have over the last few days hold a great deal of abuse at members for
:02:52. > :02:54.their views on whether or not that he has should support extending air
:02:55. > :03:00.strikes to Syria, some have been called moderates, terrorist
:03:01. > :03:05.sympathisers, whatever. I hope the reader would agree that whilst all
:03:06. > :03:09.members expect a certain degree of hurly-burly in political life, it is
:03:10. > :03:13.a fundamental principle that all members are sent, not as delegates,
:03:14. > :03:19.but as representatives with the full power to exercise their judgment and
:03:20. > :03:23.conscience and his peak and fought without fear or favour and actual MP
:03:24. > :03:27.should ever be intimidated. Sadly, some of the abuse, we would all
:03:28. > :03:30.agree, for all members of this House has been beyond the pale. Several
:03:31. > :03:37.members have had their offices barricaded. One member had a house
:03:38. > :03:42.surrounded, many had photos of dead babies put through their front door
:03:43. > :03:46.at home. I gather to date some have received photos of severed heads.
:03:47. > :03:52.MPs have broad shoulders, of course we do, but could I ask the reader to
:03:53. > :03:55.review the arrangements regarding security of members' homes and
:03:56. > :04:00.offices? It is not just about them, it is about their families and
:04:01. > :04:04.indeed staff, as several members have pointed out. Can he looked at
:04:05. > :04:08.whether the responsibility for funding these matters should now be
:04:09. > :04:14.taken away from IPSA and restored to the House authorities? And can I
:04:15. > :04:18.express, I hope the flags of the whole house, for the way that the
:04:19. > :04:23.police and the staff of the Sergeant at Arms dealt with the legitimate
:04:24. > :04:27.demonstrations in Parliament Square yesterday evening, it is important
:04:28. > :04:30.that people should be able to demonstrate that MPs and the public
:04:31. > :04:36.should go about their business. Most importantly of all, I am sure we all
:04:37. > :04:42.wish the men and women of our Armed Forces a safe and successful return.
:04:43. > :04:45.Mr Speaker, yesterday we lost Cabinet Office questions, so can the
:04:46. > :04:50.leader clarify what has happened to them? Will be no bite next
:04:51. > :04:53.Wednesday, what I presume, and will international development questions
:04:54. > :04:57.be shunted onto the beach after and so on? And when will the deadlines
:04:58. > :05:02.for these various questions now be? I have asked the leader twice about
:05:03. > :05:11.the recess dates for next year and he has done 50 shades of grey ring
:05:12. > :05:16.about it. On Tuesday morning he told the security session it was about
:05:17. > :05:19.getting through the legislation before Easter. Can I tell him, this
:05:20. > :05:23.House does not meet for the convenience of the government, the
:05:24. > :05:27.government is accountable to this House, so it would be good for us to
:05:28. > :05:31.know as soon as possible, and not least so that committees can make
:05:32. > :05:35.the dates for their settings available to the public, that we
:05:36. > :05:40.were given the dates for the recess next year. The leader has said that
:05:41. > :05:44.we will consider Lords amendments to the EU Referendum Bill next Tuesday,
:05:45. > :05:47.how long will the leader give for that specific debate? The most
:05:48. > :05:53.important of the Americans for the Lords is to the decision to others
:05:54. > :05:57.16 and 17-year-olds to Ford. The government has said this is the most
:05:58. > :06:00.important decision the country will face in a generation, so why on
:06:01. > :06:03.earth does the government wants to exclude from the vote the very
:06:04. > :06:08.generation that will be most affected by it? After all, at the
:06:09. > :06:14.age of 16, cute and have consensual sex, moved out of the family home,
:06:15. > :06:19.red accommodation, refuse consent to medical treatment, drink alcohol,
:06:20. > :06:25.join the army and so on and even the three Crown dependencies about votes
:06:26. > :06:28.at 16, so why on earth just not give in now and others 16 and
:06:29. > :06:31.17-year-olds the vote so that returning officers can get on with
:06:32. > :06:35.the job of signing them as soon as possible? Apart from anything else,
:06:36. > :06:39.the only way that the government will get this bill on the statute
:06:40. > :06:45.book leisure is if they gave in now at their Lordships are voted by 293
:06:46. > :06:50.to 211 and I bet they will vote the same way again! The tax credit shoot
:06:51. > :06:54.on several Thursdays ago, I predicted that junior doctors a
:06:55. > :07:00.U-turn and I predict the votes at 16 U-turn as well. Can the Prime
:07:01. > :07:05.Minister updaters on his so-called renegotiation of the UK's membership
:07:06. > :07:08.of the European Union? As I understand it, Mr Speaker, he wants
:07:09. > :07:13.this all to be signed off at the December meeting of the European
:07:14. > :07:20.Council. That meets on the 17th and 18th of December, but this House
:07:21. > :07:24.prices on the 17th of December, so, how on earth does the leader of the
:07:25. > :07:26.house expect us to be able to question the Prime Minister on the
:07:27. > :07:30.outcome of the council which is meant to be one of the most
:07:31. > :07:34.important renegotiations of our membership we will have ever seen?
:07:35. > :07:37.Some of us think that the Prime Minister is playing Russian roulette
:07:38. > :07:41.with our economic and political destiny but this motion, hounded by
:07:42. > :07:45.his Eurosceptic party will be in dogs on the backbenches, he keeps on
:07:46. > :07:51.doing the wrong thing! Last year the government opted out of the
:07:52. > :07:54.Convention on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation,
:07:55. > :07:59.particularly in combating terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal
:08:00. > :08:03.migration. We are now the only EU country to be excluded from this,
:08:04. > :08:07.the only one. We on the site said that was a ludicrous decision last
:08:08. > :08:10.year, but now the Home Office has finally woken up and has said that
:08:11. > :08:17.there is a clear and compelling case for signing up to the agreements. To
:08:18. > :08:21.write, Mr Speaker! That this kind of Haughey called the seriously
:08:22. > :08:27.undermines our national-security, surely that depends on us being an
:08:28. > :08:31.active member of the union, sharing information with our close allies
:08:32. > :08:34.and partners in Europe to prevent dangerous crimes and bringing
:08:35. > :08:38.criminals swiftly to justice. The weakness of the Prime Minister is
:08:39. > :08:42.standing up to his backbenchers and has reduced our security. Only now
:08:43. > :08:45.after Paris does the government recognised that fact, so, how long
:08:46. > :08:52.will we have for the debate on that as well? Mr Speaker, you will have
:08:53. > :08:56.seen that Tyson Fury won the world heavyweight boxing title last
:08:57. > :09:00.weekend and has now been nominated for the BBC's Sports Personality of
:09:01. > :09:06.the Year, I hope he does not win. You may also have seen his comments.
:09:07. > :09:10.There are only three things, he has said, that need to be accomplished
:09:11. > :09:13.before the Devil comes home, one of them is homosexuality being legal in
:09:14. > :09:19.countries, one of them is abortion and the other one is paedophilia.
:09:20. > :09:24.Being aside the bizarre rather heterodox did ology, this equates
:09:25. > :09:28.homosexuality with paedophilia. I would hope that the reader would
:09:29. > :09:32.agree that that is profoundly offensive and the kind of line which
:09:33. > :09:36.that leads to more young people committing suicide. I gather that
:09:37. > :09:41.Tyson Fury has subsequently said some of his best friends are gay.
:09:42. > :09:44.So, and can I suggest that they invite him to Parliament sometime in
:09:45. > :09:48.the near future, because frankly, I am happy to go head-to-head with
:09:49. > :09:52.him. The leader of the house, Chris
:09:53. > :09:56.Grayling. Can I start by a green with the
:09:57. > :10:01.comments of the Shadow Leader about the events this week. Can I pay
:10:02. > :10:06.tribute to him for his brave stand yesterday. -- can I start by
:10:07. > :10:10.agreeing. I mentioned the security of Members of Parliament and
:10:11. > :10:14.rejecting them against criminal activity. We are subject to
:10:15. > :10:18.legitimate public scrutiny but it will never be acceptable for
:10:19. > :10:23.members' personal safety to be put in jeopardy, it will never be
:10:24. > :10:27.acceptable for members to be the victim of activities that the court
:10:28. > :10:31.would judge illegal. Mr Speaker, in the south we would never discuss
:10:32. > :10:35.security arrangements for members but suffice to say that you and I
:10:36. > :10:40.would both agree that it is and will be continuing as a priority for the
:10:41. > :10:43.mission, it day A40 has authorities, we must do everything we possibly
:10:44. > :10:48.can to protect the rights of members to express their views on a free and
:10:49. > :10:53.unfettered way and to protect them when they do so. -- the House. I
:10:54. > :10:57.would echo the comments of the police and not just those who were
:10:58. > :10:59.on duty yesterday but those who provide protection for members of
:11:00. > :11:06.these house or in their constituencies.
:11:07. > :11:18.And following yesterday's debate when honourable members on both
:11:19. > :11:27.sides said they would wish to have a tax on Syria, I hope both sides will
:11:28. > :11:31.join me in sending our best wishes to the aircrews. The first measure
:11:32. > :11:37.covered by our English votes for English laws CDs passed through this
:11:38. > :11:44.House on Tuesday evening. I would like to thank the clerk and
:11:45. > :11:48.assistance. I am sure the shadow leader and whole counsel will want
:11:49. > :11:53.to join me in sending our congratulations to the Prime
:11:54. > :11:56.Minister to mark the 10th anniversary this weekend of his
:11:57. > :12:01.election as Conservative Party leader. Reading your party for a
:12:02. > :12:06.decade is a considerable achievement, one that others might
:12:07. > :12:12.perhaps aspire to achieve but at the moment look unlikely to do so. It is
:12:13. > :12:17.also this week the anniversary of the stand that Rosa Parks took on a
:12:18. > :12:23.bus in the United States to is a cure race equality in that society.
:12:24. > :12:27.I am sure we would all agree that the changes to our society since
:12:28. > :12:31.then and the work to stand out race discrimination is of necessary and
:12:32. > :12:36.something we should all be proud of and committed to. The honourable
:12:37. > :12:40.gentleman has asked questions about what will happen to question Time
:12:41. > :12:44.sessions. You will remember I addressed this on Tuesday to
:12:45. > :12:50.indicate questions would simply move back one week. The session will
:12:51. > :12:56.simply take Lee's next Wednesday, the same will be the same for
:12:57. > :13:03.Cabinet Office questions. -- take place. There will be a debate on the
:13:04. > :13:09.issue of 16 and 17-year-olds, the separate issue. This House will vote
:13:10. > :13:14.on the issue of 16 and 17-year-olds. As this is an elected House if he
:13:15. > :13:20.expresses his will again that 16 and seven team -year-olds will not be
:13:21. > :13:27.given the vote that view will be expected in the other place. He used
:13:28. > :13:32.the phrase and I am sure he cannot simply go on what he reads in the
:13:33. > :13:36.papers. There are a lot of rumours and counter rumours, when the Prime
:13:37. > :13:42.Minister is ready to make a statement he will do so. The House
:13:43. > :13:48.decided one year or 18 months ago not to opt out into a number of
:13:49. > :13:52.measures. If the government is, as it is bringing forward a proposal on
:13:53. > :13:56.Tuesday, the House will be able to decide whether to do that or not. It
:13:57. > :14:03.is right and proper that should be the case. On the question of Tyson
:14:04. > :14:07.Fury, homophobia is not acceptable in sport. He should work hard to
:14:08. > :14:14.encourage more people in sport to be open and accepting of the people in
:14:15. > :14:25.sport. It is right and proper that change happens. As the Formula 1
:14:26. > :14:30.fan, my vote is for Lewis Hamilton! On small business Saturday I will be
:14:31. > :14:34.announcing the winners of Canning chases local shop and market stall
:14:35. > :14:37.competition. Well my right honourable friend join me in wishing
:14:38. > :14:42.good luck to the nominees and can we have a debate about the contribution
:14:43. > :14:52.of independent shops and features to our local economies? I think it is
:14:53. > :14:55.an innovation and I wish all constituencies well for the awards
:14:56. > :15:02.this weekend. If I might pay tribute to the senior care that had awards
:15:03. > :15:07.last week. I have been asked by the deputy leader and my private sector
:15:08. > :15:13.treat to make reference to try give even in Golders Green and wish it
:15:14. > :15:22.well and Fishers Home Hardware in well and Fishers Home Hardware in
:15:23. > :15:33.markets at bra. -- Market Harborough. Can I thank the speaker
:15:34. > :15:38.for announcing next week's efforts. It is not for nothing you have
:15:39. > :15:46.cheered the title of old bladder for the way you chaired this series. It
:15:47. > :15:50.was very well how you structured yesterday's debate but let's never
:15:51. > :15:55.have another debate like this ever again in the House, such was the
:15:56. > :15:59.demand to speak in yesterday's debate about 50 members never got
:16:00. > :16:06.the opportunity to contribute and of those who did so many where only a
:16:07. > :16:13.loaded few minutes at the end of the day. Such is democracy that MPs are
:16:14. > :16:19.communicated with in such a means that has never been the case.
:16:20. > :16:24.Constituents expect to see members in this House expressing their
:16:25. > :16:30.opinions especially on massive issues of state like yesterday and I
:16:31. > :16:34.am disappointed people could not contribute from all around the
:16:35. > :16:37.House, from all around the country, to have the proper structured debate
:16:38. > :16:44.from everyone who wanted to contribute. Let's hope we never have
:16:45. > :16:50.that again. If we do have debates such as important as this hopefully
:16:51. > :16:55.we will find the time to contribute. You constituents have the right to
:16:56. > :16:59.hear from their MPs. One of the consequences we have of trying to
:17:00. > :17:02.shoehorn this two-day debate into one day is the impact on
:17:03. > :17:05.departmental questions and the reader is quite right, I listened
:17:06. > :17:10.carefully to what will happen about this. What this means for others we
:17:11. > :17:15.will not have Scottish office questions until next year now. It
:17:16. > :17:18.will be two months since the last Scottish office questions and we
:17:19. > :17:23.have the lying Scottish bill just now. Huge questions to be asked. The
:17:24. > :17:29.question of military impact on Scotland. Scottish members of
:17:30. > :17:35.Parliament did not vote for military action last night, the 22% of Scots
:17:36. > :17:40.oppose military action. I now we hear about shaving but Scotland
:17:41. > :17:43.rejected this military action and it will not matter a jot to this
:17:44. > :17:56.government but it is massively important to us. Mr Speaker, the ink
:17:57. > :18:03.was barely dry on the voting clerks gesture when these aircraft went out
:18:04. > :18:07.last night. We particularly want to hear what will happen to the
:18:08. > :18:11.refugees because all this is going to do is increase the demand for
:18:12. > :18:17.this country to deal with refugees. Warming that nation the natural
:18:18. > :18:22.consequence is for more refugees to come here. This has been a week
:18:23. > :18:27.characterised why finding targets, friendly fire and Civil War. But I
:18:28. > :18:33.think that is enough about the Labour Party. Every government needs
:18:34. > :18:37.an effective opposition, especially one for a callous Conservative
:18:38. > :18:42.government, brittle Conservative government, such as this. If the
:18:43. > :18:45.Labour Party cannot get its act together and they cannot agree with
:18:46. > :18:49.something as important as going to war, will the get out the way and
:18:50. > :18:54.let the Scottish National party will this government to account for what
:18:55. > :18:59.they are doing just now? I am afraid, as is often the case, the
:19:00. > :19:03.honourable gentleman and I do not agree. I have two say heaving
:19:04. > :19:09.speeches on all sides of the House, on both sides of the argument
:19:10. > :19:16.yesterday, some really impassioned and empowered speeches which will be
:19:17. > :19:22.important to this House. We tried our best and having heard from 104
:19:23. > :19:28.members, after more than ten days dumping like 20 hours of questions
:19:29. > :19:32.in this House. I think yesterday this House got it right. I also
:19:33. > :19:38.think it got the decision right and I accept he does not agree. We heard
:19:39. > :19:44.impassioned contributions from both sides. That is democracy. He asked
:19:45. > :19:48.questions about hoping the government to account and it is very
:19:49. > :19:52.important we provide regular updates to this House. You will be a
:19:53. > :19:57.statement before the Christmas recess to update the House. It is
:19:58. > :20:01.right and proper that is the case. I thought long and hard about the
:20:02. > :20:04.issue of Scotland questions but he asked the question about how will
:20:05. > :20:08.people be government to account over the question yesterday that the
:20:09. > :20:16.answer will be there will be eight statement in this House for United
:20:17. > :20:22.Kingdom members to have an input on questions concerning the UK. In my
:20:23. > :20:27.judgment the question session that might have been delayed until after
:20:28. > :20:30.Christmas was international development and given his comments
:20:31. > :20:34.about refugees I think it is right and proper this House has the right
:20:35. > :20:40.to question the Secretary Of State on the work we are doing as part of
:20:41. > :20:43.our strategy on Syria to make sure we provide proper support for
:20:44. > :20:46.refugees and prepare for what we hope will be a period of
:20:47. > :20:52.reconstruction and redevelopment in that country as soon as we can
:20:53. > :20:58.possibly achieve a lasting peace. I accept that yesterday this House to
:20:59. > :21:01.egg challenging decisions and we know, as the administration, will
:21:02. > :21:06.make sure this houses informed properly and appropriately but given
:21:07. > :21:10.the passions that where expressed from his benches yesterday, I am
:21:11. > :21:15.sure he will understand I think it is a greater priority to have these
:21:16. > :21:19.date went on what happened in Syria and an international development
:21:20. > :21:23.questions before Christmas. He will carry on working on questions over
:21:24. > :21:28.Scotland and will do so in the New Year. The shadow leader was
:21:29. > :21:34.absolutely right to condemn the Weill behaviour of a Cabinet
:21:35. > :21:39.minority in respect of Cabinet members acting according to their
:21:40. > :21:44.conscience but his argument was not advanced by his reference to
:21:45. > :21:50.Eurosceptics on this site as dogs, however Pavlovian. Many of our
:21:51. > :21:54.constituents most anguished questions relate to cancellation at
:21:55. > :22:01.short notice of procedures at hospital. It seems that is on the
:22:02. > :22:04.increase. Can we have a debate on government time on the provision of
:22:05. > :22:07.step-down care in the National Health Service and in particular he
:22:08. > :22:17.disappeared and then many parts of our country of community hospitals?
:22:18. > :22:20.The state of our local health services a continuing matter of
:22:21. > :22:25.concern for constituents and ourselves and we will always be
:22:26. > :22:27.champions of those facilities. I always believe that although
:22:28. > :22:33.emergencies happen and sometimes it is unavoidable, unless there are
:22:34. > :22:38.unforeseen circumstances in cancelling operations is something
:22:39. > :22:42.that should really only be done in extreme circumstances as it causes
:22:43. > :22:46.disruption to individuals. He has been an advocate for local community
:22:47. > :22:49.hospitals in his own county and I am certain he will take advantage of
:22:50. > :22:55.the opportunities provided to make sure he is a champion for the health
:22:56. > :23:00.service in Wiltshire. The backbench business committee would really like
:23:01. > :23:06.early confirmation that we will be allocated the last day before the
:23:07. > :23:10.Christmas recess on 17 December, we had been given notice that was
:23:11. > :23:16.likely but have yet to have it confirmed. And I also referred back
:23:17. > :23:22.to the point made by another member that have, on occasion, backbench
:23:23. > :23:26.business time allocated which is then severely squeezed by statements
:23:27. > :23:32.or urgent questions in terms of the allocation of time? Two weeks ago on
:23:33. > :23:38.the Monday we had three others protected time which was a welcome
:23:39. > :23:42.departure and that I think is what the honourable member for Kettering
:23:43. > :23:45.was referring to, the protected time for a particular debate, we would
:23:46. > :23:52.like to see more of that effort all possible. I am happy to look at
:23:53. > :23:55.that, it was discussed in the last Parliament and his predecessor
:23:56. > :24:01.thought it was necessary. I am happy to have the discussion on whether we
:24:02. > :24:05.do need to protect it. It depends how many urgent questions there are
:24:06. > :24:11.but I've accept the question and perhaps we can have a conversation
:24:12. > :24:16.about it. Can we have a debate and review of section 16 eight of the
:24:17. > :24:22.criminal Justice and Public order act of 1994 about the winning of
:24:23. > :24:26.masks and face coverings in demonstrations? Surely on public
:24:27. > :24:31.demonstrations on public land the police should not have two apply for
:24:32. > :24:35.a special order but we should have statutory legislation that allows
:24:36. > :24:39.people if they really have the courage of the convictions, whether
:24:40. > :24:42.the National front or stop the War coalition, to remove all masks and
:24:43. > :24:48.face coverings on public demonstrations? I have a lot of
:24:49. > :24:50.sympathy with what he says, it is the matter that the Home Office
:24:51. > :24:57.should give careful consideration to. The reality is that these
:24:58. > :25:01.coverings are used to intimidate and in our society there is room for
:25:02. > :25:05.legitimate protest but not for intimidation. I think anything that
:25:06. > :25:09.allows protesters to intimidate rather than protest is something
:25:10. > :25:14.that should be looked at carefully on whether it should be permitted.
:25:15. > :25:18.E-reader rock the House will be a way of the bizarre decision by the
:25:19. > :25:26.Chancellor to axe the funding for the cap your and storage projects of
:25:27. > :25:29.carbon in the UK. The first industrial project with the
:25:30. > :25:33.potential to create thousands of jobs in an alien that has been
:25:34. > :25:37.devastated by job losses in steel, mining and production, can we have a
:25:38. > :25:40.debate to discuss the implications of the decision to strike at the
:25:41. > :25:49.industry as disastrous? And to take difficult decisions in a
:25:50. > :25:53.Spending Review and we have not ruled out Carbon capture in the
:25:54. > :25:58.future but we have added a difficult decisions to provide value for the
:25:59. > :26:03.taxpayer. He knows that is our duty in office. We will look carefully at
:26:04. > :26:08.carbon capture and we hope it will be a sound and viable approach in
:26:09. > :26:11.the future but the government has added it a difficult decision at the
:26:12. > :26:15.moment. I would remind him that in the northern half of the country,
:26:16. > :26:18.the economy has been going further than the south, the best way of
:26:19. > :26:23.securing jobs in his constituency and the surrounding area is to get
:26:24. > :26:29.consistent growth and investment into that area. On Remembrance
:26:30. > :26:36.Sunday projection onto the House of Commons of a swastika with the
:26:37. > :26:40.message of the Indian Prime Minister not been welcome was put forward by
:26:41. > :26:44.an organisation. The cold ever when they had done
:26:45. > :26:48.that. We have photographic evidence and witness statements of those who
:26:49. > :26:53.saw and took those of those responsible. We know that the
:26:54. > :26:57.message was completely wrong, because you made the ending crime is
:26:58. > :27:00.the most welcome on his historic visit to Parliament. But could we
:27:01. > :27:05.have a statement on what measures we will take to combat this particular
:27:06. > :27:12.incident, but future incidents that could happen on a much more serious
:27:13. > :27:17.skill? -- you made the Indian Prime Minister most welcome.
:27:18. > :27:23.It is the same for any organisation and wrong for them to make the sort
:27:24. > :27:27.of links with the swastika. We have close relations with India and I
:27:28. > :27:32.would condemn such action. I would say to my honourable friend I am
:27:33. > :27:37.aware of to which he refers and it is not yet clear that that was an
:27:38. > :27:38.actual incident as opposed to a creative use of computer
:27:39. > :27:42.technologies to create the sense that it did take place. As he has
:27:43. > :27:50.information that suggests it really did take place, we would be glad to
:27:51. > :27:55.see it. Can we have a debate on the cuts to
:27:56. > :28:01.the police? The Metropolitan Police are currently making clerical staff
:28:02. > :28:04.redundant and filling those posts with warranted officers, that fight
:28:05. > :28:07.in the face of the policy of the government of making police more
:28:08. > :28:13.visible to the public. I assume they met will adopt a policy of moving
:28:14. > :28:18.desks closer to windows so that they can fill that requirement! Can we
:28:19. > :28:21.have a debate on this because this series the degree is in the number
:28:22. > :28:24.of officers available in our communities?
:28:25. > :28:33.You are a couple of weeks late on this. If you listened to the Autumn
:28:34. > :28:36.Statement, we are not cutting police budgets. It is a matter of the mayor
:28:37. > :28:38.and the Commissioner to decide how they spend their budgets most
:28:39. > :28:41.effectively in London and I would not seek to tell them how to do so.
:28:42. > :28:46.We have not cut budgets but protected them.
:28:47. > :28:49.Thank you, Mr Speaker, there was an incredibly well attended debate in
:28:50. > :28:54.Westminster Hall to speak about temporary post office closures and
:28:55. > :28:57.make one local one has been closed temporarily supposedly for six weeks
:28:58. > :29:03.now. Could we have a statement on these temporary closures of post-PCs
:29:04. > :29:09.which many communities there might be a long-term, they are much needed
:29:10. > :29:12.assets in rural deprived communities.
:29:13. > :29:14.I understand your concern, there has been cases of temporary closures
:29:15. > :29:22.leading to permanent closures and I understand the anxiety. When Mrs --
:29:23. > :29:28.when Ms -- when Ms -- when ministers met, he might want to raise that
:29:29. > :29:33.with them. Sometimes change is sadly unavoidable.
:29:34. > :29:40.Thank you, Mr Speaker. Later I will host the inaugural meeting of the
:29:41. > :29:46.all-party parliamentary group for the philosophy and religion and
:29:47. > :29:50.cultural identity. Sadly, neither the order religion are recognised in
:29:51. > :29:54.Turkey, the country of origin. I would ask the Leader of the House if
:29:55. > :29:58.we could have a debate on government time on the very positive
:29:59. > :30:03.contribution over 300,000 of these religious people have made to this
:30:04. > :30:06.country, continue to me to this country and also the situation under
:30:07. > :30:11.which they live in Turkey. I think one of the fundamentals that
:30:12. > :30:15.characterises our society is the right to defend the interests of
:30:16. > :30:19.religious minorities, we are a liberal democracy that believes in
:30:20. > :30:23.freedom of speech and freedom of expression and worship, so I commend
:30:24. > :30:26.her for the work that he is doing and I am sure that she will use one
:30:27. > :30:30.of the occasional available to or in this House to provide a greater
:30:31. > :30:33.platform for the what she is doing on that all-party group and the
:30:34. > :30:39.committees that he seeks to represent.
:30:40. > :30:45.Thank you, Mr Speaker. As my right honourable friend knows, I have been
:30:46. > :30:49.campaigning to save the hedgehog, which declined by over one third in
:30:50. > :30:55.the last ten years and whilst hedgehogs are not fully protected
:30:56. > :30:59.species, badgers which have risen significantly are. Could we please
:31:00. > :31:05.have a debate or statement on protected species so they can have
:31:06. > :31:09.greater flexibility? Can I commend my honourable friend
:31:10. > :31:13.for the work that he is doing? He is too well aware as I am of the
:31:14. > :31:17.decline in hedgehog numbers in this country and it is only have our
:31:18. > :31:21.society works together to try and rectify that situation will be
:31:22. > :31:24.provide an opportunity for those figures to be restored. There are a
:31:25. > :31:29.variety of challenges but could I pay tribute to the Times newspaper,
:31:30. > :31:36.Mr Speaker, which has launched a campaign in defence of our
:31:37. > :31:38.hedgehogs, encouraging all of us to make holes in our garden fences for
:31:39. > :31:44.a superhighway for hedgehogs? Whilst I have such a hole in my garden, Mr
:31:45. > :31:47.Speaker, sadly, I do not have any hedgehogs!
:31:48. > :31:52.On the subject of protected species, I should point out to the House that
:31:53. > :31:56.the honourable gentleman for Mid Sussex who is not in his place at
:31:57. > :32:00.this time was for a considerable period as he has often pointed out
:32:01. > :32:08.to the House, president of the rare breeds survival trust. Colleagues
:32:09. > :32:10.may wish to reflect upon the appropriateness of the right
:32:11. > :32:16.honourable gentleman holding that particular post, Mister Jim Shannon.
:32:17. > :32:21.In the last week, we have had a discussion about a tax on cigarettes
:32:22. > :32:26.products and the intention of the government to do that. Many of us
:32:27. > :32:30.feel that other things must be looked at. Will you agree to a
:32:31. > :32:34.debate, if there is a tax, that that could be used directly for the
:32:35. > :32:39.health service? We did have a debate last Monday on
:32:40. > :32:44.the issue of the sugar tax following a petition, it is an example of how
:32:45. > :32:47.we are using the system to debate matters of public concern. I must
:32:48. > :32:52.tell you I have some doubts about such an approach. The danger, it
:32:53. > :32:57.seems to me, as people have said, all things are good in moderation,
:32:58. > :33:00.but not in excess. We are better off explain to people what is good for
:33:01. > :33:05.them and what is not and letting them take their own decisions
:33:06. > :33:08.otherwise we will become a nanny state.
:33:09. > :33:11.Philip Davies. Could we have a debate on fixed term recourse? When
:33:12. > :33:15.people are convinced of serious offences and release from prison
:33:16. > :33:18.before their term is up, when they either re-offence or break the
:33:19. > :33:22.licence conditions, most people would expect them to be returned to
:33:23. > :33:26.prison to serve the rest of their sentence in full, when commonly,
:33:27. > :33:30.they only go back to prison for 28 days. By Stuart that apply to 546
:33:31. > :33:32.offender is up, when they either re-offence or break the licence
:33:33. > :33:34.conditions, most people would expect them to be returned to prison to
:33:35. > :33:37.serve the rest of their sentence in full, when commonly, they only go
:33:38. > :33:40.back to prison for 28 days. By Stuart that apply to 546
:33:41. > :33:42.manslaughter and assault. Can we have a debate to make sure that
:33:43. > :33:46.these people go back to prison for the member of their sentence rather
:33:47. > :33:49.than aid arrives 328 days? As Justice Secretary I did the deed
:33:50. > :33:56.to provide additional powers for those on remand and I have to say,
:33:57. > :33:59.he shares my view that we must be willing to respond to such
:34:00. > :34:04.situations when they arise. My right honourable friend, the Chancellor,
:34:05. > :34:08.will be in the south on Tuesday and I am sure my right on but will take
:34:09. > :34:14.advantage of making that point to him at that time.
:34:15. > :34:19.Mr Speaker, despite the comments of the Leader of the House and the
:34:20. > :34:22.Foreign Secretary yesterday, yesterday was great for democracy to
:34:23. > :34:30.see it in action. As my honourable friend from Perthshire said, have as
:34:31. > :34:34.many where against as came forward. I was one of those frustrated
:34:35. > :34:38.backbenchers. My constituents expect me to be able to put my views on
:34:39. > :34:45.record in this House and they are disappointed that I do not get to do
:34:46. > :34:48.that. They make the decision as to whether the Prime Minister's
:34:49. > :34:53.comments were a slap on my voters record in terms of being a terrorist
:34:54. > :34:58.so-called sympathiser. These are important for future debates.
:34:59. > :35:00.I do not think anyone was in doubt of his views or those of his
:35:01. > :35:05.colleagues, they made their point very articulately yesterday even
:35:06. > :35:09.though I do not agree with them. Of course, over the past few days there
:35:10. > :35:13.have been many opportunities to question the Prime Minister and
:35:14. > :35:16.raise these matters in debate. My view is that this has handled the
:35:17. > :35:22.matter in the right way and took the correct decision. I do not agree on
:35:23. > :35:25.that point. The Leader of the House will be
:35:26. > :35:30.aware that the reservoir of bovine TB has the attention to devastate
:35:31. > :35:34.dairy herds in my constituency given the worldwide shortage of the
:35:35. > :35:38.vaccine and the withdrawal of the Welsh Government's vaccine programme
:35:39. > :35:49.against badgers, I wonder if we could have a debate in government
:35:50. > :35:54.time on the impact of that? This is a very real issue for the
:35:55. > :35:58.agricultural community in this country. I read those reports with
:35:59. > :36:01.concern as well. It is absolutely right and proper that we take
:36:02. > :36:05.measures to protect our farming industry. It is crucial to this
:36:06. > :36:11.country. I will make sure that the concerns are passed on to my right
:36:12. > :36:13.honourable friend, the Secretary of State, who will be in this House
:36:14. > :36:15.shortly before the Christmas recess and be able to look at that in
:36:16. > :36:19.greater detail. Mister Douglas Carswell. Yesterday,
:36:20. > :36:26.this has 44 a military response against ISAs extremists in Syria,
:36:27. > :36:30.Candy government find time to agree a Sangin bass response against the
:36:31. > :36:39.barbaric Saudi regime which has for too long promoted and exported a
:36:40. > :36:42.similar extremist creed. -- Isis. I know that you feel strongly about
:36:43. > :36:48.this but I would tell him that this country has had a long relationship
:36:49. > :36:53.with Saudi Arabia and have worked collaboratively with them to try and
:36:54. > :37:02.improve their society as well. We have got the right balance.
:37:03. > :37:06.Thank you. Can I pay tribute to your Olympic gold winning performance
:37:07. > :37:10.yesterday as well? When I was sure deputy I had to sit in that chair
:37:11. > :37:17.for six hours ones, halfway through I had a call of emergency and left
:37:18. > :37:21.the chair and you replace me for a couple of minutes, how'd you did
:37:22. > :37:25.that yesterday, I will never know and I pay tribute to you. Tourism is
:37:26. > :37:30.vital to my constituency. It is great that London attracts more
:37:31. > :37:39.visitors than any other city on but we want to get them out to places
:37:40. > :37:45.like my constituency. England will be put under Visit Britain, so
:37:46. > :37:51.England will not have its own voice. England and Northern Ireland and
:37:52. > :37:54.Wales have their own voice, could we have a statement from the government
:37:55. > :37:58.ministers or that we can ensure that England will have a distinct voice
:37:59. > :38:02.as far as tourism is concerned? Mr Speaker, here it presents one of
:38:03. > :38:07.the most beautiful parts of England, my family came from close to the and
:38:08. > :38:11.I used to spend many times walking in the Rebel Valley as a child. I
:38:12. > :38:17.will make sure that his concerns are drawn to the attention of the
:38:18. > :38:19.Minister. We know that she is an active supporter of the tourism
:38:20. > :38:23.industry in England and Eagle of the United Kingdom and she will not be
:38:24. > :38:26.taking session lightly and will not want to see decisions that adversely
:38:27. > :38:32.affect his constituency and discourage people from visiting it.
:38:33. > :38:37.-- Ribble Valley. Can we have a debate on the
:38:38. > :38:46.practices of big businesses? Marks Spencer 's need to challenge
:38:47. > :38:51.premiums regarding flowers. Guilt lanes are also a problem. They have
:38:52. > :38:54.refused to meet me about appalling treatment of workers. They are kept
:38:55. > :38:59.on insecure contracts exploiting loopholes in the EU law to pay staff
:39:00. > :39:03.less than others do in the same work. But he agreed that it is
:39:04. > :39:07.unacceptable for a brand that is on its British ideals to treat its
:39:08. > :39:10.staff and customers in such an irresponsible manner?
:39:11. > :39:13.I have not looked at the details of Marks Spencer but I would tell you
:39:14. > :39:17.that I think every company today benefits from being a responsible
:39:18. > :39:21.employer and irresponsible organisation. I think she has made
:39:22. > :39:26.the point that she wishes to make very articulately.
:39:27. > :39:29.Mister Glyn Davies. Thank you, can I ask the reader of the House if he
:39:30. > :39:33.can settle the debate in this House, in this Chamber, on the
:39:34. > :39:38.protection and status of the motion of the Welsh language? Every
:39:39. > :39:43.department has a statutory duty to comply with the Welsh language
:39:44. > :39:47.legislation, the DCMS has a statutory duty to enshrine the
:39:48. > :39:52.public bodies build and ensure public finance. Britain must not
:39:53. > :39:57.lose this beautiful culture and treasure and we need a debate to
:39:58. > :40:00.ensure it does not happen. What I would say to my honourable
:40:01. > :40:04.friend as I know every government department takes this issue very
:40:05. > :40:07.seriously, I know from my time into government departments that we were
:40:08. > :40:11.always careful to make sure the proper information is provided to
:40:12. > :40:15.Welsh language speakers in Wales, and I agree, it is part of
:40:16. > :40:19.protecting the diversity and culture of the United Kingdom as a whole
:40:20. > :40:24.that we will protect the Welsh language, but actually, also, if one
:40:25. > :40:29.things further north, of the need to make sure we have a culture that
:40:30. > :40:33.represents some of the areas that have no Scottish National Party
:40:34. > :40:36.representatives, traditional language is in Scotland, traditional
:40:37. > :40:41.areas of Scotland, we have a duty to protect the whole diversity of our
:40:42. > :40:46.United Kingdom. Can I pay childhood to your
:40:47. > :40:51.Herculean effort just that, I do not know how you got through it. I took
:40:52. > :40:55.part in Prime Minister 's questions last week. I questioned the Prime
:40:56. > :40:58.Minister after the statement last Thursday, I took part in the
:40:59. > :41:03.Backbench Business Committee on Monday and I always raised the issue
:41:04. > :41:06.of how we protect the ancient minorities in Syria and that part of
:41:07. > :41:11.the world because history shows us that our plan must, absolutely must
:41:12. > :41:14.include protection for minorities who have a history of fleeing
:41:15. > :41:19.whenever a military invasion takes place. That is the big hole that I
:41:20. > :41:24.saw in the plan of the government and I do not wish to go over those
:41:25. > :41:27.arguments again, but will the Leader of the House schedule a debate,
:41:28. > :41:29.particularly on that part of the world and how we protect the many
:41:30. > :41:48.religious and linguistic minorities? In a sense he is making the point
:41:49. > :41:57.for our site of the argument yesterday. The Kurds were seeking to
:41:58. > :42:03.protect the issue. We need to protect citizens of Syria and when
:42:04. > :42:09.we come back we will give an update on what we are doing. We cannot
:42:10. > :42:16.rescue these people without delivering military support which is
:42:17. > :42:20.what he is opposed to. Many members were disappointed not to be able to
:42:21. > :42:27.vote on the first day in the education Bill. Regardless of the
:42:28. > :42:31.rights or wrongs of individual bills I think it would be really useful if
:42:32. > :42:38.we could have a full debate on reform of the private bills system.
:42:39. > :42:42.First and foremost I think this is a matter for the procedure committee.
:42:43. > :42:51.I would not be to intrude on the work carried about why him and his
:42:52. > :42:57.colleagues. Can he raise this with the committee and give consideration
:42:58. > :43:00.to it? On the matter of Syria I welcome the fact the government are
:43:01. > :43:07.going to make quarterly reports. If the reader able to confirm those
:43:08. > :43:12.will be oral statements from the Foreign Secretary? Will these focus
:43:13. > :43:18.particularly on the Gulf states, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are making
:43:19. > :43:24.in terms of diplomatic initiatives and the willingness to tackle
:43:25. > :43:29.extremism? The four that had he had a request from the Prime Minister to
:43:30. > :43:34.come to this House? He has said he will look once again at the question
:43:35. > :43:37.of orphans, as the row minister had time to consider that and will he
:43:38. > :43:44.tell us what his deliberations have led to? We have indicated we will
:43:45. > :43:47.provide quarterly reports but this is why I was able to say to the
:43:48. > :43:52.House this morning it was appropriate to have a further
:43:53. > :43:56.statement before Christmas updating on the matters raised yesterday, not
:43:57. > :44:03.simply military action but the humanity alien issues which are to
:44:04. > :44:08.be addressed as well. I intend it will be an opportunity to put those
:44:09. > :44:12.questions to government. As colleagues will know, unfortunately
:44:13. > :44:16.there was an extremely tragic incident in my constituents we
:44:17. > :44:21.recently, the matter which is now subject the day, I know this
:44:22. > :44:26.government takes the issue of online grooming seriously and that the PM
:44:27. > :44:33.has led on this issue but can we have a further debate on how social
:44:34. > :44:36.media is used as a vehicle for sexual grooming and set out what
:44:37. > :44:44.further measures we can take to protect vulnerable young teenagers
:44:45. > :44:48.from sexual predators? I think we are all aware of the horrible
:44:49. > :44:54.incident which to lease in his constituency and all of us would
:44:55. > :44:58.want to give our good wishes and condolences to the family of the
:44:59. > :45:02.victim of this horrible crime. We cannot discuss the details of that
:45:03. > :45:10.case but suffice to say I know ministers will have noted what
:45:11. > :45:15.happened and will want to learn any lessons. The Justice Secretary who
:45:16. > :45:18.is often responsible for such legislation will be here on Tuesday
:45:19. > :45:27.and will listen carefully to any ideas he wants to make. I first
:45:28. > :45:34.raised with the leader of the house the wind call each and in the
:45:35. > :45:39.complements and sector five colleges were announced but not one for the
:45:40. > :45:45.Humber area in wind. I wondered if we could have a debate in government
:45:46. > :45:50.time on the debate on renewable energy, particularly on shore, and
:45:51. > :45:56.wonder why the whole of the Humber seems to have been missed out yet
:45:57. > :46:01.again. I am not sure there is any intention to miss out Hull on the
:46:02. > :46:08.Humber and it is the heart of the wind industry which is a centre of
:46:09. > :46:11.the local economy. I will pass her concerns to the Treasury. Having
:46:12. > :46:16.visited more than one of the centres of education in the Humber area in
:46:17. > :46:19.the last few years, I think she is already well served by some extra
:46:20. > :46:27.professionals who are well skilled in delivering skills to young
:46:28. > :46:31.people. On both sides of the House there was disappointment and some
:46:32. > :46:34.members were not able to speak in the important debate yesterday and
:46:35. > :46:44.also on the restricted line cash time-limit that had to be imposed. I
:46:45. > :46:49.hear what the SNP and Labour Party say, we could have voted for
:46:50. > :46:52.extended time and we could have removed the moment of interruption
:46:53. > :46:55.which would have solved the problem. The only problem with removing the
:46:56. > :47:01.moment of interruption might have moment of interruption might have
:47:02. > :47:05.been your bladder! But with the leader of the House, with the leader
:47:06. > :47:11.of the house make a statement next week on when we have major issues
:47:12. > :47:19.where the whole country is concerned that we do not put a time limit on
:47:20. > :47:24.those debates? We thought long and hard about this and believed that
:47:25. > :47:29.2.5 hours being set aside yesterday as part of 20 hours of debating
:47:30. > :47:34.questions over a period of nine days, seven business days in this
:47:35. > :47:38.House, was the right balance. It was open to every member, the party
:47:39. > :47:43.opposite, the Scottish Nationalists and backbenchers if they disagreed
:47:44. > :47:50.with us and nobody chose to do so. Last week I drew the attention of
:47:51. > :47:53.the leader of the house to the Business Secretary's commitment to
:47:54. > :47:59.the report on the three working groups that he set up to the steel
:48:00. > :48:04.summit to the actions they will take urgently to support the steel
:48:05. > :48:06.industry in this country. The leader of the house helpfully said he would
:48:07. > :48:10.take that up with his right honourable friend. We are running
:48:11. > :48:15.out of time and I have heard nothing. We are running out of time
:48:16. > :48:20.for the Business Secretary to come to this House and report progress.
:48:21. > :48:25.The Business Secretary will be here on Tuesday week in any case, I have
:48:26. > :48:31.passed on the request. I will make sure he is able to address the point
:48:32. > :48:38.on what is a very serious matter for him, his constituents and the
:48:39. > :48:45.region. In a recent report Public Health England stated e-cigarettes
:48:46. > :48:49.are 95% safer than smoking, have no identifiable risk to buy standards
:48:50. > :48:56.and should not be treated in the same way as by-products yet in many
:48:57. > :49:02.public and work places the users of e-cigarettes two, are in almost
:49:03. > :49:07.every case, people who have given up using tobacco are in every case may
:49:08. > :49:16.to stand in the same place as smokers and get the same risks as
:49:17. > :49:21.smokers. I wonder if we might debate the use of e-cigarettes across the
:49:22. > :49:25.Parliamentary debate? This matter has been previously considered by
:49:26. > :49:29.the administration committee. A decision was made rightly or wrongly
:49:30. > :49:32.to have in place the current policy as he describes it. I would suggest
:49:33. > :49:38.he rights to the honourable member who sheers that committee to make
:49:39. > :49:41.the point is that he does. I do think that is a matter for
:49:42. > :49:50.the matter of debate but his views the matter of debate but his views
:49:51. > :49:54.will be carefully considered. The leader has on a couple of times
:49:55. > :50:01.today stressed the important of different questions. Will he give
:50:02. > :50:05.further concern to the questions I raised that the procedures
:50:06. > :50:11.committee, the departments that he questions before PMQ 's, to give
:50:12. > :50:14.them more time and perhaps during the convivial atmosphere of a
:50:15. > :50:20.Thursday morning rather than let them get drowned out as often
:50:21. > :50:28.happens before PMQ 's? In the 15 minute section before leader of the
:50:29. > :50:33.house sections before I did pose the question on whether it was important
:50:34. > :50:36.to have a leader of the house section and impose that on business
:50:37. > :50:41.questions and whether that's what should we used to extend the time
:50:42. > :50:49.available for another Avia, I have sympathy for what he says. On the
:50:50. > :50:55.same subject can we have a short debate on this whole issue on all
:50:56. > :51:05.questions because this would give members an opportunity to suggest
:51:06. > :51:09.changes and also the possibility of the electrode you'll commission
:51:10. > :51:15.because at present members who may want to question more than one body
:51:16. > :51:19.at the same time are unable to do so and there may be other bodies as
:51:20. > :51:27.well we ought to be questioning at all question Time. I think these are
:51:28. > :51:31.important points and I am going to give careful consideration to them.
:51:32. > :51:35.We have to use the time available in the best possible way and while he
:51:36. > :51:43.says he wants to hear from me every day I suspect it will not be me he
:51:44. > :51:47.wants to hear from everyday! Earlier this week the Welsh Labour
:51:48. > :51:54.government ground breaking organ the nation bloc came into effect and
:51:55. > :51:58.with more than 12,000 people across the UK waiting for an organ
:51:59. > :52:04.transplant can we have a question on presumed consent so England can
:52:05. > :52:08.follow the Welsh lead? It is a really important point and well
:52:09. > :52:13.worth consideration but what I would say, this does feel like something
:52:14. > :52:17.the backbench business bring to this House and that debate would give the
:52:18. > :52:22.government an indication as to where the balance of power is in this
:52:23. > :52:32.House. I think perhaps that is the best way of doing it. The football
:52:33. > :52:37.club in my constituency has recently been awarded a ?60,000 grant to
:52:38. > :52:43.install new flood lighting by the Premier League and if the facilities
:52:44. > :52:48.fund. I am sure the whole House would like to congratulate them on
:52:49. > :52:52.that reward. Can we have a debate on sports funding and what more the
:52:53. > :53:00.government can do to support sports in our schools? This is one reason
:53:01. > :53:05.why we have sought to ensure that funding for sport is actually
:53:06. > :53:12.available and rejected in the spending plans we have. I would like
:53:13. > :53:20.to thank the Premier League clubs for the work they do. Many Premier
:53:21. > :53:29.League club foundations do excellent work promoting that sports bash
:53:30. > :53:35.grassroots sports. I wish his club well and I also wish the big club in
:53:36. > :53:41.his constituency well in sorting out their problems. On Saturday I shall
:53:42. > :53:48.be visiting some of the excellent small businesses in my constituency
:53:49. > :53:53.including red Star Brewery, Roxy 's treasures and others but will he
:53:54. > :53:58.join me thinking gradually gained those responsible for this success
:53:59. > :54:02.that small-business Saturday has had over the last few years including
:54:03. > :54:05.the Federation of Small Businesses and the small-business Saturdays
:54:06. > :54:10.team and the honourable member for Streatham which was instrumental in
:54:11. > :54:15.bringing the concept to this country? Can we have the debate his
:54:16. > :54:19.honourable friend asked for at the start of business questions so that
:54:20. > :54:24.we can discuss the importance and support we should be getting to
:54:25. > :54:29.small businesses all year round, not just on that one day of the year? We
:54:30. > :54:35.always work to support and encourage small businesses. I think the work
:54:36. > :54:41.done by members on all sides, not just on small-business Saturday but
:54:42. > :54:46.across the year to support small businesses is absolutely right. He
:54:47. > :54:54.will now that the job of running a small business is the cover one,
:54:55. > :54:58.often seven days per week and 18 hours per day. It is tremendously
:54:59. > :55:04.valuable to our society that people are willing to commit that effort to
:55:05. > :55:07.running small businesses in our communities. The whole communities
:55:08. > :55:11.together. We will celebrate them on Saturday but I commend all members
:55:12. > :55:13.for the work they are doing on the small businesses in their
:55:14. > :55:26.communities. In this of this, the honourable
:55:27. > :55:31.member for Bournemouth East, following the publication by the
:55:32. > :55:36.second report, he read the report on UK involvement in Syria, the role of
:55:37. > :55:39.committee is to scrutinise current government policy, not set
:55:40. > :55:46.conditions on any future policy. Standing order 152 says that select
:55:47. > :55:50.committees appointed to look at the policy of government departments,
:55:51. > :55:56.how they do that is up to them, the reason committee said in its second
:55:57. > :55:58.report on the effectiveness, that Select Committee should influence
:55:59. > :56:02.policy and have an impact upon government departments and that the
:56:03. > :56:05.extent of this influence and impact is the primary measure of the
:56:06. > :56:09.effectiveness of the select committees. On the 5th of November
:56:10. > :56:13.the honourable member asked an urgent question on human rights in
:56:14. > :56:16.Egypt expressing the hope that he was speaking as an individual and
:56:17. > :56:23.not the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. Chairman
:56:24. > :56:26.must look at the urgent questions and they have a mandate elected by
:56:27. > :56:30.the all house and it seemed a discourtesy to that mandate for a
:56:31. > :56:35.minister to try to dismantle it -- diminish that authority. Through the
:56:36. > :56:41.Foreign Secretary, and as Parliamentary Secretary, I drew his
:56:42. > :56:45.addition bat-mac his attention -- his attention to this matter.
:56:46. > :56:49.that private assurance it has not that private assurance it has not
:56:50. > :56:52.been forthcoming and I regret I need your clarification that my
:56:53. > :56:57.understanding or standing orders and the appropriate courtesy of the
:56:58. > :57:01.Chamber is correct? I am grateful to the honourable
:57:02. > :57:07.member for giving me notice of this point of order. Firstly, I can
:57:08. > :57:11.confirm that it is entirely a matter for select committees to interpret
:57:12. > :57:16.the terms of reference set by the House and to decide for themselves
:57:17. > :57:25.what subjects of inquiry to pursue. I would suggest that it is both an
:57:26. > :57:34.appropriate and unwise for ministers to comment on such matters. To put
:57:35. > :57:39.it bluntly, they should stick to their own responsibilities, and it
:57:40. > :57:43.is to be execution of those responsibilities that they should
:57:44. > :57:49.dedicate themselves. They need not and should not stray beyond that.
:57:50. > :57:51.Secondly, I can confirm that the Liaison Committee has recommended
:57:52. > :57:58.that select committees should seek to influence government policy and
:57:59. > :58:04.indeed, the House has endorsed that recommendation. I would go further
:58:05. > :58:10.and kill you it is a matter of some concern that if there are ministers
:58:11. > :58:15.who are unaware of that important fact, and hopefully, from now on,
:58:16. > :58:21.they will not be. Thirdly, I can confirm that the cheers of
:58:22. > :58:24.departmental select committees, including therefore obviously the
:58:25. > :58:31.honourable gentleman, have been directly elected by the House. That
:58:32. > :58:36.gives them a particular status and authority. -- chairs. Of course, on
:58:37. > :58:42.many occasions they will want to speak in a personal capacity and not
:58:43. > :58:45.in that role. Once again, we do not need ministers telling Select
:58:46. > :58:53.Committee chairman what they should or should not be doing. The terms of
:58:54. > :58:57.support is orderly conduct any house and they can leave that to the
:58:58. > :59:02.chairs. May I take this opportunity to thank the honourable member for
:59:03. > :59:06.his foible contribution that has committee and report on the
:59:07. > :59:11.extension of offensive military operations to Syria have made to the
:59:12. > :59:16.discussion in the House over the past few weeks. I believe and I hope
:59:17. > :59:20.I can say this without fear of contradiction, that members on all
:59:21. > :59:27.sides of the House, whatever their views on that matter, have found the
:59:28. > :59:34.committee's exposition of the issues very helpful indeed. If there are no
:59:35. > :59:39.further points of order... We will continue.
:59:40. > :59:47.Thank you, Mr Speaker, if you have been of us who have raised issues
:59:48. > :59:54.about children and care leavers. The group meets, which I chair, every
:59:55. > :59:59.three weeks and books the Boothroyd room and because of the high
:00:00. > :00:02.interest and the fact that 95 people travel from all over the country to
:00:03. > :00:10.its meetings with additional adults in support, the room is invaluable
:00:11. > :00:14.standing room only. -- invariably. I have been advised that the room
:00:15. > :00:19.booking has been taking for next week's meeting by the Liaison
:00:20. > :00:23.Committee, I understand the process by which these things happen. But
:00:24. > :00:29.there is not another room in the House that can accommodate these
:00:30. > :00:34.large numbers and as you will know, this is an incredibly important area
:00:35. > :00:38.and supporting these young people is of something of great importance to
:00:39. > :00:43.all members, I am sure. I wonder what advice you might be able to
:00:44. > :00:48.give me and the secretary for the all-party group for children in care
:00:49. > :00:51.and care leavers as to how we should address this, otherwise it will be
:00:52. > :00:56.very difficult for those young people and those supporting them in
:00:57. > :00:59.the meeting next week. I am grateful to the honourable
:01:00. > :01:04.gentleman for his point of order. As a matter of fact, I should say to
:01:05. > :01:10.him that committees always take precedence in terms of the
:01:11. > :01:15.allocation of such rooms, so there is nothing untoward or indeed
:01:16. > :01:20.unusual about that, however, I recognise the very considerable
:01:21. > :01:23.inconvenience and potential dilemma caused to the honourable gentleman
:01:24. > :01:28.and his colleagues, as well as those planning to attend such a meeting
:01:29. > :01:32.that has been caused. What I can tell him is that the Administration
:01:33. > :01:38.committee is reviewing the room booking system and given what he has
:01:39. > :01:42.said to the House today, I would strongly encourage the honourable
:01:43. > :01:47.gentleman to make representations to the administration Committee and
:01:48. > :01:51.indeed, perhaps directly to its chairman in order to address
:01:52. > :01:57.matters. A conversation with the honourable gentleman regarding this
:01:58. > :02:01.might be useful in addition to any written evidence he wishes to
:02:02. > :02:05.submit. As far as next week is concerned over the question as to
:02:06. > :02:10.whether a room can be found, if he needs such for next week, I think he
:02:11. > :02:13.probably better have private discussions and we will see if
:02:14. > :02:18.anything can be done is that need remains. If there are no further
:02:19. > :02:27.points of order, perhaps he can proceed to the main business. Just
:02:28. > :02:30.before the minister is asked to move the second reading of the ball, I
:02:31. > :02:34.have to tell you the following, I remind the House that I have
:02:35. > :02:40.certified the charity 's protection and social investment Bill Lord's
:02:41. > :02:44.and order number 83 giant, in relation to England and Wales, our
:02:45. > :02:49.Father remind the House that this does not affect proceedings in the
:02:50. > :02:54.debate on the second reading, or indeed in committee or in report
:02:55. > :02:57.stage. After the report stage I will consider the bill again for
:02:58. > :03:02.certification if it has been amended. The relevant committee will
:03:03. > :03:06.be asked to consent to certifying provisions. The clerk will proceed
:03:07. > :03:07.to read the orders of the